Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today said that they will put up a strong candidate against chief minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha polls.
The party will also launch 'Zaadu (broom) Yatra' in Gujarat from tomorrow as part of its campaign for the elections.
"We will put a very strong candidate against Gujarat chief minister," party leader Ashutosh said in response to a query.
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AAP has already announced that they will field poet-turned-leader Kumar Vishwas against Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi from Amethi.
"Modi's claims about development is all humbug. He is harping on development, but I have visited areas of the city where there is no development. Heaps of garbage are lying and people are not getting the basic facilities," he said.
"I would like to ask the chief minister what happened to his poll promise to make 50 lakh affordable houses for the urban poor. Have they constructed even one house? If they have, they should show it to us," Ashutosh said.
He said that their party will not tie up with either Congress or BJP after the Lok Sabha polls.
The journalist-turned-politician Ashutosh also staunchly defended Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal for his recent dharna in the national capita, stating that the Constitution does not say that a chief minister cannot agitate.
"Ours is a new party. We can make mistakes, but media should draw its attention so that they rectify them," he said.
Ashutosh is here to launch a 'Zaadu Yatra', which will be launched tomorrow from the city.
This yatra will be simultaneously taken out over the next four days by different groups of AAP volunteers in all the 26 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state.
They will merge in a rally in Gandhinagar on January 30. AAP has attracted 2.5 lakh people in the state so far as members.
